Next door to the coffee shop in the old Mill End building, Manderbach will run “The Venue at 501,” as well as having an upstairs office for her photography business, Alloy Photography and Design.

Gunden and Manderbach are currently in the process of doing light remodeling at what will become Revive, and Manderbach is working on more extensive renovation at the old Mill End building.

The two are working on the floors, painting and doing some minor remodeling at the coffee shop.

The Venue at 501 is an undertaking that will require more time, Manderbach said.

Because of the extensive amount of work that must be done on the building, Manderbach does not know when it will be ready to open, but hopes to have a better idea at the beginning of 2015.

Both buildings date back to the late 1880s, and Manderbach’s grandfather first purchased the Mill End building, then the building to the north that housed Coffee Talk, knowing his granddaughter and Gunden were interesting in operating a coffee shop.

Renovations at what will become The Venue at 501 include exposing the brick walls in the interior of the building, and opening it up to be a large, open space to provide a facility for events, showers, meetings, parties and receptions.

Other renovation at the building includes redoing the hardwood floors, replacing windows that were bricked over on the south side of the building, and making it look like it did when it was built, Manderbach said.

Both want to work with downtown business owners to help downtown Clare grow and thrive.